Tag: hardware

Newegg’s speedy PC building contest sees two builders finish in under five minutes, leaving my best time in the mud

Newegg’s speedy PC building…

I like to think I’m pretty speedy when it comes to building a gaming PC, but my record is…
We asked a PSU expert which adapters or extensions are okay for the RTX 50-series

We asked a PSU…

If you’re one of the 23 people around the world who has managed to snag an RTX 5090, you…
AOC Gaming C27G4ZXE review

AOC Gaming C27G4ZXE review

Remember the days when high-refresh gaming meant taking out a new mortgage? Thankfully, they’re gone as the new AOC…
I’ve been testing Nvidia’s new Neural Texture Compression toolkit and the impressive results could be good news for game install sizes

I’ve been testing Nvidia’s…

At CES 2025, Nvidia announced so many new things that it was somewhat hard to figure out just what…
I’m genuinely stunned by the overclocking performance of the RTX 5080, and curious as to why Nvidia left so much headroom

I’m genuinely stunned by…

The Nvidia RTX 5080 has been a much-maligned graphics card since its launch. It is a smaller, more power-hungry…
Newly unveiled Nintendo Switch 2 patent confirms mouse functionality and gives more details on exactly how it will work, and I don’t know if I like it

Newly unveiled Nintendo Switch…

With the Nintendo Switch 2 set to launch this year, there’s plenty of fervour around the handheld but perhaps…
Netgear says certain router owners should ‘download the latest firmware as soon as possible’ to patch a critical vulnerability

Netgear says certain router…

If you own a Netgear router it may well be time to check for updates, as the company has…
AMD asks what you want from RDNA 4

AMD asks what you…

New GPUs selling out in picoseconds has depressingly become the norm. That includes, inevitably, Nvidia’s latest RTX 50-series graphics…
Nvidia is ‘investigating the reported issues with the RTX 50-series’ cards after RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 owners (and some RTX 40-series folk) report black screen problems

Nvidia is ‘investigating the…

We’ve been tracking reports of problems with Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series GPUs for a little while, but they now…
Doom on a dongle: Turns out the Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter has more than enough grunt to blast imps with aplomb

Doom on a dongle:…

If there’s one universal rule we can all agree on, it’s that some enterprising creator will force Doom to…